Changes to the access of Grant Guidelines and Instructions to Applicants:

Click on New User Registration. Once you have a login you can access all ARC information.

Budget information included in funding proposals:

The salary of an Australian Research Council (ARC) Fellow or DECRA must not be included as an in-kind contribution in the budget section of proposals to any ARC funding scheme.

ARC salaries are funded by the Commonwealth. The inclusion of an ARC salary as an organisational in-kind contribution may lead to a proposal being excluded and not recommended for funding.

Now Open - ARC Funding Opportunities:

PLEASE NOTE THAT ANY OUTSTANDING FINAL REPORTS FROM ANY NAMED PARTICIPANT WILL RULE YOUR APPLICATION INELIGIBLE. If any named personnel have an outstanding final report your application will not be able to be submitted.

Key dates for Linkage Projects 2019

Release of Grant Guidelines: 21 December 2018

Applications open: 21 December 2018

Applications close: 19 December 2019

Request Not to Assess Close: At time of application submission

Rejoinders: With the move to a continuous application process, there is not a fixed time for rejoinders. The research office will be notified two weeks in advance of the rejoinder opening for an application and applicants will have approximately one week to complete the rejoinder after opening.

Anticipated announcement: Approximately six months from the application submission date*

*Please note that these are approximate dates and are subject to change.Note:The closing time for all Applications Close and Rejoinders is 5.00pm Canberra time on the dates provided. (4pm Queensland time from October to April).

The Grant Guidelines and Grant Opportunity for LP19 (GO2093) are now available on GrantConnect.

RESEARCH SERVICES KEY DATES

Research Services will be batching ARC Linkage Projects for submission to the ARC. The Research Servicesinternal submission date allows for eligibility checking of the application ready for submission. Please ensure that you complete the relevant Divisional Notices of Intent (NOI) to apply to the scheme and submit your NOI to your Associate Dean of Research for approval. (Please note that the batching schedule will not preclude a researcher with a "Research Services checked and ready to submit" application in the ARC system to request Research Services to submit the application to the ARC before a batching deadline.)

The batching schedule is listed below:

Submission ARC

Submission Research Services

Monday 20 May 2019

Monday 6 May 2019

Monday 22 July 2019

Monday 8 July 2019

Monday 23 September 2019

Monday 9 September 2019

Monday 25 November 2018

Monday 11 November 2019

Key dates for Future Fellowships 2020

Release of Grant Guidelines: September 2019

Applications Open: 25 September 2019

Request Not to Assess Close: 6 November 2019

JCU Connect Close: 6 November 2019

Applications Close: 20 November 2019

Rejoinders: 5 March 2020 to 19 March 2020

Anticipated announcement: Mid 2020

Key dates for Australian Laureate Fellowships 2020

Release of Grant Guidelines: September 2019

Applications Open: 18 September 2019

Request Not to Assess Close: 30 October 2019

JCU Connect Close: 30 October 2019

Applications Close: 13 November 2019

Rejoinders: 12 February 2020 to 25 February 2020

Anticipated announcement: Mid 2020

*Please note that these are approximate dates and are subject to change.Note: The closing time for all Requests Not to Assess, Applications Close and Rejoinders is 5.00pm Canberra time on the dates provided.

Key dates for Industrial Transformation Training Centres 2020

Release of Grant Guidelines: September 2019

Applications Open: 10 September 2019

Request Not to Assess Close: 20 November 2019

JCU Connect Close: 20 November 2019

Applications Close: 4 December 2019

Rejoinders: 26 February 2020 to 12 March 2020

Anticipated announcement: Second Quarter 2020

*Please note that these are approximate dates and are subject to change.Note: The closing time for all Requests Not to Assess, Applications Close and Rejoinders is 5.00pm Canberra time on the dates provided.

Key dates for Industrial Transformation Research Hubs 2020

Release of Grant Guidelines: September 2019

Applications Open: 10 September 2019

Request Not to Assess Close: 20 November 2019

JCU Connect Close: 20 November 2019

Applications Close: 4 December 2019

Rejoinders: 26 February 2020 to 12 March 2020

Anticipated announcement: Second Quarter 2020

*Please note that these are approximate dates and are subject to change.Note: The closing time for all Requests Not to Assess, Applications Close and Rejoinders is 5.00pm Canberra time on the dates provided.

Key dates for Discovery Early Career Researcher Award 2021

Release of Grant Guidelines: September 2019

Applications Open: 2 October 2019

Request Not to Assess Close: 27 February 2020

JCU Connect Close: 15 February 2020

Applications Close: 12 March 2020

Rejoinders: 4 June 2020 to 7 July 2020

Anticipated announcement: Mid-2020

*Please note that these are approximate dates and are subject to change.Note: The closing time for all Requests Not to Assess, Applications Close and Rejoinders is 5.00pm Canberra time on the dates provided.

Key dates for Discovery Indigenous 2021

Release of Grant Guidelines: September 2019

Applications Open: 27 November 2019

Request Not to Assess Close: 4 March 2020

JCU Connect Close: 26 February 2020

Applications Close: 18 March 2020

Rejoinders: 12 June 2020 to 25 June 2020

Anticipated announcement: Fourth Quarter 2020

*Please note that these are approximate dates and are subject to change.Note: The closing time for all Requests Not to Assess, Applications Close and Rejoinders is 5.00pm Canberra time on the dates provided.

Key dates for Discovery Projects 2021

Release of Grant Guidelines: September 2019

Applications Open: 13 November 2019

Request Not to Assess Close: 12 February 2020

JCU Connect Close: 29 January 2020

Applications Close: 26 February 2020

Rejoinders: 18 June 2020 to 1 July 2020

Anticipated announcement: Fourth Quarter 2020

*Please note that these are approximate dates and are subject to change.Note: The closing time for all Requests Not to Assess, Applications Close and Rejoinders is 5.00pm Canberra time on the dates provided.

Key dates for Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities 2021

Release of Grant Guidelines: September 2019

Applications Open: 29 January 2020

Request Not to Assess Close: 18 March 2020

JCU Connect Close: 18 March 2020

Applications Close: 1 April 2020

Rejoinders: 1 July 2020 to 15 July 2020

Anticipated announcement: Fourth Quarter 2020

*Please note that these are approximate dates and are subject to change.Note: The closing time for all Requests Not to Assess, Applications Close and Rejoinders is 5.00pm Canberra time on the dates provided.

Schemes under Assessment:

AUSTRALIAN LAUREATE FELLOWSHIPS for funding commencing in 2019

Announcement: Mid 2019

FUTURE FELLOWSHIPS for funding commencing in 2019

Announcement: Third Quarter 2019

LINKAGE INFRASTRUCTURE, EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES for funding commencing in 2020

Announcement: Fourth Quarter 2019

DISCOVERY INDIGENOUS for funding commencing in 2020

Announcement: Fourth Quarter 2019

DISCOVERY EARLY CAREER RESEARCHER AWARD (DECRA) for funding commencing in 2020

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